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| From the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence: One of our supporters helped the National Rifle Association fix this membership request they sent her... |
Nonprofit organizations don’t pay taxes on their net incomes. Their tax-exempt status is the economic equivalent of a subsidy to them, paid by the rest of us. So when nonprofits give their CEOs humongous pay packages, you and I pick up part of the tab. Non-profit hospitals and health insurers are among the worst offenders. It was recently reported, for example, that the CEO of San Francisco-based Blue Shield took home more than $4.6 million last year. Why should taxpayers be subsidizing inequality? My proposal: In order to qualify as a nonprofit, salaries of top executives must not exceed 15 times the median wage (which would cap nonprofit pay this year at around $500,000). What do you think? - Robert Reich
$4.6 million to head a "non-profit?! That should be criminal. It is a fraud to call an organization non-profit in that situation. That goes for "churches" that build crystal cathedrals and mansions for their "ministers" and "charities" that spend more on salaries and fund-raising than on charity.
Kenneth Copeland's 18,000+ Sq. Foot Lake House in 2011
We had a great afternoon today along the nature trail at Armuchee Elementary School. Arrowhead, in cooperation with CRBI's Riverkeeper Amos Tuck, led a series of lessons for AES's third graders. Vivian Davis and Marilyn McLean of Arrowhead showed off our alligator, king snake, and a gopher tortoise, Amos Tuck, the "Fish Dude" helped capture some of the fauna of the little stream, including several species endemic to the Coosa River Basin, and I led a walk on the trail and demonstrated the Water Planet's water cycle.
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| Amos Tuck found several species of fish… I'll let him ID them. |
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| Amos performs his trademark Stream Stomp to shoo critters into the net. |
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| Amos performs his trademark Stream Stomp to shoo critters into the net. |
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| If I remember correctly, this guy the is recently IDed Coosa Banded Sculpin. |
We picked a magnolia blossom for my Mom this morning. Ain't it pretty!
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| From Coos River Basin Initiative |
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| Took a pic after we set up the tent this morning. Then I didn't see it again till after the Quiz Bowl! But Gary Greene and Bob Harris tag-teamed with stories from ten till noon. At one, I told my story "Yellow Tail" with which I won the Big Fibber award in April. About twenty folk gathered in and around the tent for that, and it was also broadcast throughout the Waterfest grounds. Comment Rose McDonald Darby Do you have any CD's of your stories? Terrell Shaw I'm working on that, Rose. |
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| I discovered yesterday that a local big box office supply place had their banners on half-price, and on a whim decided to just audaciously create a banner for our guild. I thought it turned out well. I picked it up from the Cartersville store at nine last night. I wonder if anyone took pics during storytelling. Probably not. |
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| Just before we took down the tent Sheila took my picture with the sign I made for River Tales (after midnight last night, with typical timeliness. |
Howard Smith
Seems to me like being acquainted with you has a downside....which, causes me some personal concern.
Ricky Conaway
Terrell where did you live at I lived close to the Gordons also on Cedar Ave. right across the street from Mr. Lindsey and beside Bill Cox
Joan Shaw Turrentine
That makes for a very hard week.
Bob Doster
We're very sorry about this situation. BUT you are a great comfort to the people involved.
Wendy Ramsey
So sorry for such a sad week!
John Countryman
When it rains it pours. Comforting thoughts!
Mary Nisbet Asbury
dang!
Neal Brackett
Good Grief Terrell. you haven't been hanging out with Angela Lansbury have you?
Madelyn Collette
Good of you to show your care or these families.
Terrell Shaw
Ricky we lived at 608 directly across the street from the Coxes. The Gordons' backyard bordered ours.
Terrell Shaw
Wendy, you are the one with the rough week. I was so sorry hear of your loss. But I'm glad that y'all were able to be with your mom at the end.
Madelyn Collette
I was sick with gallstones and could not attend the funeral of one of my dearest friends Linda Stone. We did have a candle burning in her memory at our Circle of which she was a DEVOTED MEMBER. It hurts so bad when you can't attend services for those you love.
Deborah Lake Dawson
Sorry for your losses, so many at once.
Ruth Pinson
What a week! I'm so sorry.
George Barton
I don't know why, I thought of Hugh Grant and "Four Weddings and a Funeral".
Bitsy Burton
Hugs, Terrell!
Barbara J. Gale
You sang beautifully at Lana's service. Thank you.
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| "Way down yonder in the Pawpaw patch". Pawpaws in bloom on the new section of Armuchee Elementary's nature trail, available thanks to Captain Planet, AES's Environmental Quiz Bowl Teams, and Thomas Fitzpatrick's Eagle Scout project. |
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| Comment: Tracy S Lawler I know the song, but have never seen a pawpaw and didn't know they grew in those parts! |
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| Eastern Bluestar on the AES nature trail |
Comments
John Countryman
Fabulous!
Ann Gore
Terrell, you take such beautiful photographs! Keep them coming!
Anita Stewart
What are these? They are beautiful.
Terrell Shaw
Bo, I've labeled them all now, at least with the common names.
Norma Trotter
Beautiful!
Donald Murdock
I can smell it from here.
Roger Wade
Yes, and so is the magnolia blossom.
Katie Cauthen Francisco
Gorgeous!
Mike Bock
wow!
John Countryman
Fabulous, Terrell!
Alice Jeffries Keel
Yummy for the eyes!
Ann Gore
Are these all yours, Terrell? How beautiful!
Terrell Shaw
I wish I had crowds of each flower, Ann, but they are only kinda here and there. But they are mine, and individually they are purdy.
Sharon Barefield
For sale?
Nora Matthews
Spring ? Do you know what month we are in uncle Terrell Shaw? lol jk
Laurie Craw
Does anyone know the story on this log cabin on Hwy. 100 near Coosa?
Terrell Shaw
I took these pics last Spring, Nora, but just took them off the SD card from our dunked camera!
Terrell Shaw
Laurie, I know nothing about the cabin.
Nora Matthews
Oh lol ok
Annie Shields
I drove past it a couple of days ago and noticed the sag in the roof.
Terrell Shaw
I was told that this cabin was moved from another location. If this is true, I wish one of the schools, cities, or parks would purchase it and move it again to a spot where it could be persevered and used as an park "classroom" or museum or something like that. I have no idea who owns it.
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| I have been looking for this picture of my father. It's one of my favorite studio shots of him and he used it a lot from about 1960-1970. This little halftone was cut from a revival poster from the early sixties. So, brother and sisters of mine, does anyone have a regular photographic version of this picture? Trinity is gathering pics of former pastors to display and I prefer this one to the circa 1972 picture I loaned the church. |
Comments
Buzz Wachsteter
Mary has made her final curtain call on the stage of the Desoto, and has taken her place on the front row of the balcony. God bless a truly unique and loving person. Enjoy catching up with Cathy and Josh, Forrest, Hyman and Lilly, L.T., Dan and Edna, Gordon Elliott, and so many more. You will always be in our hearts and memories.
Laura L Adams
Just tagged the marquis photo for the Drumbeat...
Bob Doster
Thanks.
Julia Hilburn Dent
Terrell, please friend Mike Tolbert or tag him with this photo!! He is her nephew & came from N.C. to the service & all!!!
Mike Tolbert
Thanks so much. She was a dear aunt
Barbara J. Gale
Mary was one of my first friends in Rome...I will miss her.
Deb Joyner Dennemann
Terrell, dear one, tell us about her memorial service. I was so sorry to not be able to be there.......
Terrell Shaw
It was great to meet your parents, Deb.
It was a very nice service, with a reception/meal afterwards. I told a few Mary stories at the reception and several other chimed in as well. I think Mary would have approved.
I plan to put the memories folks sent me into a file to share with Bob & Bill and others soon. I have two more funerals to attend (and I'll sing at one of those) this week. It seems they come in bunches. Entirely too common these days.
Deb Joyner Dennemann
It's such a small church.. hope it was packed.. would have been much more so if folks like me could have been there. What a lovely thing to do for Bill and Bob. Sorry to hear of the other funerals you have to attend but I agree entirely too many these days.
Terrell Shaw
Had to bring in benches and chairs… it was packed.
Deb Joyner Dennemann
OH I'm so happy to hear it was such a good turnout!
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| Uncle Terry, we found 1969, but didn't find you?!??!?!?! Did you miss picture day? |
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Terrell Shaw
Yep, I'm not there. I'm not in the yearbook either. I somehow missed picture day. Can't remember why. Dirty trick I played on ya, huh?
Gil Crouse
Hhhhmmmm, did you really go to Asbury????????
Terrell Shaw
I do still have the sheepskin to proved I graduated, though!
Carol Shaw Johnston
Maybe pics were taken when he was stuck in the clinic with mumps. Did you find Ron?
Terrell Shaw
Here's some photographic evidence:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1162238903523&l=132ce9bae5
Gil Crouse
Hey Aunt Carol, we didn't think to look for Uncle Ron. Was he 1969 too? I just looked at the original picture and could sort of make out faces, but but not names and didn't see one that looked familiar.
Carol Shaw Johnston
Ron and Terry graduated the same year. I tried to pick out Ron's photo in the background of your pic but couldn't do it.
Harriet Kiser
Mary's service today was a very beautiful celebration of her life. Terrell Shaw shared some hilarious memories of Mary along with several folks who had worked with her over the years in Rome LittleTheatre. I could picture Mary and Nancy sitting there together in "their" pew. Give Nancy my love.
Regina Reynolds Yarbrough
Thank you Harriet!! If we can ever get moved I could attend these things - so many great memories of my mom and the Marys!
Nancy Parker Self
We went to Mary's service. It was very lovely and touching . So glad she was apart of our lives.
The NRA extremists, and they include some of my much-loved, and otherwise reasonable friends and relatives, are to blame for crazy, horribly unpopular, laws like the guns-everywhere law in Georgia. The extremists claiming folks (like the President and the rest of us who SUPPORT hunting and ordinary self-protection rights) want to "take our guns away" have passed a law that will result in more flesh and blood men, women and children losing their lives. Shame on the politicians who know better. That includes Katie Dempsey and Eddie Lumsden right here in Floyd County and Nathan Deal and others at the state level. Shame on them.
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Ray Langley
A friend of my wife works for the Forsyth Parks and Rec. This park is across the street where we lived for 26 years.
Howard Smith
This is a sad result of those on the right, who include many of my friends, too, Terrell Shaw, who gleefully have pushed for their Second Amendment "freedom".
Deborah Lake Dawson
Totally agree!
Laurie Craw
If this had happened at a private school lacrosse game, do we really think this law-abiding citizen's legal rights to carry a gun would have been protected when some of those parents called the police? Permit or no permit, he would have been hauled off to jail.
